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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

βάσισ

base +

γυνή

woman.]

(Bot.)

The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

basigynium ‎(plural basigynia)

(botany) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.